Method for recording a port number of a servo track writer
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1. A servo track writer port number recording method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a port number for a servo track writer; and
recording the port number of the servo track writer in a predetermined area of a recording medium of a magnetic storage device during servo information writing.
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Abstract
A method for recording the port number of a servo track writer for efficiently managing a manufacturing process of a magnetic storage device. In a manufacturing process of a hard disk drive having a disk as a recording medium, the disk including a data band for recording user data and a plurality of protection bands, the port number of a servo track writer is recorded in at least one of the bands during servo information writing in the method, so that the port number can be read and used for the manufacturing process.
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22 Claims
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1. A servo track writer port number recording method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a port number for a servo track writer; and recording the port number of the servo track writer in a predetermined area of a recording medium of a magnetic storage device during servo information writing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A servo track writer port number recording method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a port number for a servo track writer; and recording the port number of the servo track writer in at least one of a plurality of bands of a disk of a hard disk drive during servo information writing, the plurality of bands including a data band for recording user data and at least one protection band. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A servo track writer port number recording method for use in a manufacturing process of a magnetic storage device, comprising the steps of:
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recording a port number of a servo track writer in a predetermined area of a recording medium during servo information writing; reading the port number recorded in the recording step from the recording medium; and analyzing an efficiency of a manufacturing process for the magnetic storage device using the port number recorded.
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22. A servo track writer port number recording method for use in a manufacturing process of hard disk drive having a disk as a recording medium, the disk including a plurality of bands, the plurality of bands including a data band for recording user data and a plurality of protection bands, the method comprising the steps of:
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recording a port number of a servo track writer in at least one of the plurality of bands of the disk during servo information writing; reading the port number recorded in the recording step from the recording medium; and analyzing an efficiency of a manufacturing process for the hard disk drive using the port number recorded.
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